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Just finished welding the jacket on. Inlet port is lower, and has a pointed flow of around the keg. Outlet is full open. Now time to hook up glycol in a chest freezer with a pump and solenoid. We'll see how it goes. 10 gallons is just over the top of the jacket. Should be able to maintain...

10 gallon batch with a blow off tube into 1/2 qt of star San solution. During transfer tube fell back into bucket, sucking star San into keg fermenter. Pitch batch or RDWHAHB?

My bines are approx 30' tall. Last year (year 1) two of the cascades came down to about 5' off the ground, the other cascades only a little less. The chinooks last year only had a few hops. This year the cones are going like mad up at the tops of almost all 5 bines, but only a few have started...

I am doing a black IPA this weekend. I was interested in getting some feedback on my proposed additions to my water. Initial pH (with no additions) is around 4.9, SRM is 36. 5 gallon batch. Alkalinity without additions is 25, RA is 16. With the Baking Soda additions to try and raise the pH the...

Just wanted to give them a shout out. They received my order Tuesday and processed my order in time to ship same-day and I just got it, just in time for brew day! Thank you, Hops Direct.

WLP820 Octoberfest. OG 1.058 Fermenting at 55-57 10 gal boil split to two, 5 gallon carboys 1600ml starter using 2 vials split between each carboy after 7 days SG is 1.028 My thoughts: 1--rdwdahb 2--make another starter using wort captured from original mash and another 1-2 vials...

I built myself a stainless steel drip tray for my kegerator with tower. My prototype was great except on the small side for my tastes. When I cut them out, because of the welding effects of heat, i wanted to make sure I got one really good one. Well, they all turned out great. Now I have my...

The main shoots are growing well. Now I've got several "mini" shoots springing from where the leaves come out of the main shoot. These (with one exception) are not another main bine from the crown. Question is, do I trim, train or let be? First year hop grower. First year hops ordered...

I did a AG brew on Jan 3. An American amber. My water is pretty low in just about everything, so this was my first attempt at water adjustment and I think I went overboard. I will try and post the raw data from what I used, I just don't have it at work. Here is the raw format from the water...

I just ordered a kit on sale. Starts at $57.49, and if you don't get anything but the basic kit (no yeast, no priming sugar no nutrient) it goes DOWN!! Just thought others might want to know...I love Pliny! Pliny The Elder AG Kit AHS

I brewed my 2nd AG batch on 11-22-09. An Amber I tried to convert from an extract recipe to an 10 gallon AG batch. I am looking for help figuring out what is "missing" in the taste. I describe it as having a "vomit" aftertaste. Not that it tastes like vomit, it has an aftertaste and smell...